Jordi Llonch Esteve, a former airline pilot turned entrepreneur who has traveled across 50 cities in three continents, opened his Nomad Summit presentation with a stark observation: “The tools that we have as digital Nomads are not only outdated but well disconnected from what we do.”
Having launched and scaled startups over the past decade, Jordi has worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs and builders. His unique perspective as both a seasoned traveler and business mentor led him to identify a critical gap in the digital nomad ecosystem.
The Problem with Current Digital Nomad Tools
To illustrate the problem, Jordi conducted a live experiment with the audience about Nomad List, the popular platform launched by Pieter Levels 8 years ago. While many attendees had used the tool, fewer had paid for memberships, and even fewer still actively used it regularly. “It’s a tool that is very useful but people usually use it only once they travel—they don’t stick to it,” Jordi explained.
The Fragmented Digital Nomad Experience
Jordi painted a picture of the current nomad experience through a hypothetical scenario: a young couple traveling to a new city, trying to find like-minded people and local experiences. Their journey involves bouncing between disconnected platforms:
- Instagram for local places (but getting lost in its “vortex”)
- Telegram, WhatsApp, or Facebook groups (with overwhelming message histories)
- YouTube or nomad blogs that may not cover their specific destination
“How difficult it is to browse through all the old messages that you see on those telegram groups? I’m sure that most of you have already silenced those groups when you go to a new place because it’s impossible to keep track,” he noted.
Introducing Satlantis: A Purpose-Built Solution
Jordi unveiled Satlantis, a comprehensive platform being built by nomads, for nomads. The application combines three core functions:
1. A Comprehensive Directory
“We are organizing the world in cities—it’s an aggregator,” Jordi explained. “We have hundreds of local ambassadors in every city that are pulling information: local information like quality of the air, quality of the water, cost of living, how much a drink costs.”
2. A Social Network
Built on the open-source Nostr protocol, Atlantis enables nomads to connect with like-minded individuals while maintaining ownership of their data and connections.
3. Creator Tools
Recognizing that many nomads need to monetize their travels, the platform includes tools to help users grow their businesses and accommodate their cost of living needs.
Why Now? The Perfect Storm for Digital Nomadism
Jordi identified several converging trends that make 2025 the ideal time for comprehensive nomad tools:
Technology Advances: “Anyone can become a nomad because you have all internet in your devices in your pockets.”
Remote Work Revolution: “Thanks to COVID, now we learned that we can work remotely. There is an estimate of 600 million remote workers in the world—out of the 600, 50 are digital nomads.”
New Economic Models: The emergence of:
- Network states and location independence
- Free private cities
- Cross-border currencies like Bitcoin
- Flag theory and geo-arbitrage strategies
“This is like the perfect storm of why this is now the right moment to become a nomad,” Jordi emphasized.
The Power of Decentralized Technology
What sets Satlantis apart is its foundation on the Nostr protocol, a decentralized system that ensures users maintain ownership of their data and connections. “When a product is free, it’s because you are the product,” Jordi explained. “What we’re building here is an app on top of an open-source decentralized protocol that allows you to be the owner of everything you do.”
This approach addresses a critical vulnerability in traditional social platforms: “Imagine you are building your audience on Instagram. One day Instagram decides to shut down your account—you’re done. You have to start over.” With Satlantis, users can migrate their entire network and content to any compatible platform, maintaining their digital identity and connections regardless of what happens to any single application.
Peer-to-Peer Value Exchange
The platform enables direct value exchange between users without intermediaries. As Jordi described: “Imagine you’re a poet and you write a poem on this social network and I like your poem—I can zap you directly value directly from me to you, no intermediaries in the middle.”
This system bypasses traditional banking restrictions that often plague nomads, especially those from countries with limited banking access or strict currency controls.
Key Takeaways
- Current nomad tools are fragmented and disconnected: Existing solutions force users to juggle multiple platforms for different needs
- Decentralized protocols offer true ownership: Unlike traditional social platforms, users maintain control of their data and connections
- 2025 is the perfect time for comprehensive nomad solutions: Converging trends in technology, remote work, and economic models create unprecedented opportunities
- Local ambassadors provide authentic information: Real people in each city contribute quality data about living conditions and costs
- Creator tools are essential: Nomads need integrated ways to monetize their travels and grow their businesses
- Peer-to-peer value exchange eliminates intermediaries: Direct transactions between users bypass traditional banking limitations
The Beta Launch
Jordi announced that Nomad Summit attendees would be the first to access Satlantis, with the beta version launching that day for both web and mobile platforms. The platform already hosts thousands of users thanks to its integration with the existing Nostr network.
“The goal of me being here today is not only to present you this product but to talk to you, to engage with you,” Jordi emphasized. “I want you to play with it and tell me what you like about it, what you don’t like about it, because we are building this not for us but for you.”
Download on Android: Google Play Store
Download on iOS: App Store (Test Flight)
Conclusion
Jordi’s presentation highlighted both the limitations of current digital nomad tools and the exciting possibilities that emerge when purpose-built solutions leverage decentralized technology. Satlantis represents more than just another app—it’s a comprehensive ecosystem designed to address the real challenges nomads face while preserving their digital sovereignty.
As the nomad community continues to grow from 50 million to potentially hundreds of millions of location-independent workers, platforms like Satlantis may become essential infrastructure for this new way of living and working.
Watch the full recording of Jordi’s talk to see the live demonstration of Satlantis and learn more about the decentralized technologies powering the future of digital nomadism.
Further Resources
For those interested in exploring these topics more deeply:
- Nostr Protocol – Learn about the open-source, decentralized protocol that powers Atlantis and other freedom-focused applications.
- Satlantis Platform – Try the beta version of the comprehensive nomad platform discussed in the talk.
- The Sovereign Individual – A foundational book on how technology enables location independence and personal sovereignty.
- Network State Concepts – Explore ideas about new forms of governance and community organization for digital nomads.
- Remote Work Statistics – Data on the growing remote work trend that’s fueling digital nomadism.
